thijsdezoete makes Mike run start-to-finish on your own machine
One command stands up the whole application - no cloud accounts, no API keys, and an option to run the AI models fully offline.
thijsdezoete has packaged this fork so that a single command brings the entire app to life on a laptop, with nothing signed up for in advance. It bundles everything the backend needs into one self-contained bundle:
- A built-in database, login, and gateway layer, with the setup applied automatically the first time it boots.
- Self-hosted file storage that stands in for a cloud storage account, swapped in without touching the rest of the app.
- A local mail catcher that grabs signup and confirmation emails in an on-machine inbox, so account flows work without a real email provider.
- Local AI models via Ollama, a tool for running language models on your own hardware: they show up under a "Local" heading in every model picker - chat, titles, and tabular review - need no API key, and run offline. A refresh control re-detects newly installed models on the fly.
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